The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Baars finished 310th of 546 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:30:56.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:51 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:23 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Maastricht ran slow: the 1,153 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 slower here than at their other races. Marco Baars's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:32v median +0:47
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:44v median +0:48
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 5:59v median +0:40
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 5:54v median +0:40
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:47v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:34v median +0:19
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 5:33v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:18Running 8 6:06v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 534
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 534 men who finished.